Acta biochimica Polonica最新文献

{"title":"Variability of plant transcriptomic responses under stress acclimation: a review from high throughput studies.","authors":"Michał Rurek, Mikołaj Smolibowski","doi":"10.3389/abp.2024.13585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/abp.2024.13585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant transcriptomes are complex entities shaped spatially and temporally by a multitude of stressors. The aim of this review was to summarize the most relevant transcriptomic responses to selected abiotic (UV radiation, chemical compounds, drought, suboptimal temperature) and biotic (bacteria, fungi, viruses, viroids) stress conditions in a variety of plant species, including model species, crops, and medicinal plants. Selected basic and applicative studies employing RNA-seq from various sequencing platforms and single-cell RNA-seq were involved. The transcriptomic responsiveness of various plant species and the diversity of affected gene families were discussed. Under stress acclimation, plant transcriptomes respond particularly dynamically. Stress response involved both distinct, but also similar gene families, depending on the species, tissue, and the quality and dosage of the stressor. We also noted the over-representation of transcriptomic data for some plant organs. Studies on plant transcriptomes allow for a better understanding of response strategies to environmental conditions. Functional analyses reveal the multitude of stress-affected genes as well as acclimatory mechanisms and suggest metabolome diversity, particularly among medicinal species. Extensive characterization of transcriptomic responses to stress would result in the development of new cultivars that would cope with stress more efficiently. These actions would include modern methodological tools, including advanced genetic engineering, as well as gene editing, especially for the expression of selected stress proteins <i>in planta</i> and for metabolic modifications that allow more efficient synthesis of secondary metabolites.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":"71 ","pages":"13585"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11543463/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Silencing lncRNA EZR‑AS1 induces apoptosis and attenuates the malignant properties of lung adenocarcinoma cells.","authors":"Xianjing Yu,&nbsp;Lixue Wu,&nbsp;Zhongcui Lu,&nbsp;Junli Zhang,&nbsp;Yunfeng Zhou","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6754","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adenocarcinoma is one of the major subtypes of lung cancer. This study aimed to investigate the effect of silencing long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) EZR‑AS1 on the biological behaviors of lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) cells. EZR‑AS1 expression levels in lung ADC tissues and cells, as well as in adjacent non-cancerous tissues, were determined using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). EZR‑AS1 was knocked down in two lung ADC cell lines using small interfering RNA specific for EZR‑AS1 (siEZR‑AS1). Proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of EZR‑AS1-knockdown cells were assessed using the CCK-8 viability assay, flow cytometry, or wound healing experiments. The levels of proteins related to migration pathways were evaluated using western blotting analysis. EZR‑AS1 contents were significantly higher in lung ADC tissues and cells than in the levels in the non-cancerous tissues and cells (p<0.01). Transfection of ADC cell lines H1437 and H1975 significantly downregulated EZR‑AS1 levels in both cell lines. Cytotoxicity assays revealed that the viability of EZR‑AS1-knockdown cells significantly decreased over culture time, and a significant level of apoptosis was induced (p<0.01). Wounding healing experiments revealed that EZR‑AS1-knockdown significantly reduced the migration rate of both cell lines (p<0.01). Furthermore, proteins related to migration pathways such as vimentin, MMP2, and MMP9 were significantly downregulated, whereas the E-cadherin level was significantly increased after EZR‑AS1 knockdown. Our work demonstrated that EZR-AS1 is associated with ADC progression, and silencing this gene inhibits proliferation and reduces migration of ADC cells in vitro. The altered expression of metastasis-related genes was likely responsible for the reduced migration ability after EZR-AS1 knockdown.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"713-719"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10312507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Circ-PGPEP1 augments renal cell carcinoma proliferation, Warburg effect, and distant metastasis.","authors":"PeiRui Wang, Jin Chen, Xin Ye, RuYi Wang, Lin Chen, HanChao Zhang","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6511","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Circular RNAs (circRNAs) contribute to the malignant phenotype and progression of several types of human cancers, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This study probed the molecular mechanism of circPGPEP1 regulating RCC proliferation, Warburg effect, and distant metastasis by targeting the miR-378a-3p/JPT1 axis. Here identified higher circPGPEP1 expression in RCC tissues and cells by RT-qPCR, and high levels of circPGPEP1 were positively correlated with high histological grade and distant metastasis in RCC patients. Furthermore, patients with high levels of circPGPEP1 had a worse survival prognosis. Functional assays presented that knockdown of circPGPEP1 inhibited RCC proliferation, invasion, migration, EMT, and Warburg effect. Dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA immunoprecipitation, nucleoplasmic RNA isolation, and functional rescue experiments confirmed that circPGPEP1 induced JPT1 expression by sponging miR-378a-3p, thereby promoting RCC malignant phenotype. Xenograft assays and metastasis models further demonstrated that down-regulation of circPGPEP1 effectively inhibited tumor growth and distant metastasis of RCC. Taken together, circPGPEP1, a prognostic circRNA in RCC, acts through the miR-378a-3p/JPT1 axis to regulate RCC progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"703-711"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10310584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"circROCK1 Promotes septic myocardial injury through regulating miR-96-5p/OXSR1 axis.","authors":"ZhiYu He,&nbsp;Lingling Xu,&nbsp;Xiaojun Zeng,&nbsp;Biqing Yang,&nbsp;Peiying Liu,&nbsp;Dunzheng Han,&nbsp;Hao Xue,&nbsp;Bihui Luo","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6547","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>A recent high-throughput sequencing showed that circular RNA Rho-associated kinase 1 (circROCK1) is abnormally highly expressed in sepsis, but whether it is involved in sepsis development remains unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the biological function of circROCK1 in sepsis-induced myocardial injury and reveal its potential downstream molecular mechanism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was applied to detect circROCK1 and miR-96-5p expressions in the serum of septic patients. Spearman correlation analysis examined the correlation between circROCK1 and the clinicopathological characteristics of septic patients. The Cecal puncture and ligation (CLP) method was used to establish an in vivo sepsis model. circROCK1 and miR-96-5p expressions in mice were modified by injection of lentivirus or oligonucleotide. The left ventricular systolic pressure, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and the maximum increase/decrease rate of left ventricular pressure were checked. ELISA was applied to detect inflammatory factors levels as well as myocardial injury markers levels. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was performed to observe pathological changes in myocardial tissues, and Western blot examined phosphorylated nuclear factor (NF)-κB and oxidative stress-responsive 1 (OXSR1) expression. Dual luciferase reporter experiment was conducted to confirm the targeting relationship between circROCK1, OXSR1, and miR-96-5p.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>circROCK1 and OXSR1 were highly expressed in sepsis and miR-96-5p was under-expressed. circROCK1 was positively correlated with serum creatinine, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and sequential organ failure assessment scores in septic patients. Silencing circROCK1 could improve the diastolic and systolic function of CLP mice, as well as myocardial damage, reduce myocardial tissue edema and necrosis, and inhibit inflammatory factor level and phosphorylated NF-κB expression. Down-regulating miR-96-5p promoted myocardial injury in CLP mice. Silencing circROCK1 and miR-96-5p inhibited and promoted OXSR1 expression, respectively. Both circROCK1 and OXSR1 had a targeting relationship with miR-96-5p.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CircROCK1 promotes myocardial injury in septic mice by regulating the miR-96-5p/OXSR1 axis, and it can be used as a potential target for treating septic myocardial dysfunction.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"567-574"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10653460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NADPH oxidase 4 facilitates progression of chondrosarcoma via generation of reactive oxygen species.","authors":"Zheng Jun,&nbsp;Wang Lei,&nbsp;Fang Ce,&nbsp;Ren Wen Tao,&nbsp;Meng Xiang Hui,&nbsp;Qing Ci Nan","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6580","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4 (NOX4) is an enzyme that regulates reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and its function in the development of chondrosarcoma remains unclear. In the present study, we studied NOX4 expression in chondrosarcoma by immunochemical examination, and analyzed the role of NOX4 in viability and apoptosis of human chondrosarcoma cell line SW1353 using NOX4 siRNA or NOX4 inhibitor GKT137831. NOX4 level significantly increased in tumor compared to that in para-carcinoma sample. The levels of NOX4 were positively correlated with histological grade and Musculoskeletal Tumor Society stage of the patients. NOX4 level was significantly increased in SW1353 compared with that in chondrocytes CHON-001. Knockdown of NOX4 or inhibition of NOX4 by GKT137831 both decreased generation of ROS, and induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in SW1353, accompanied with the activation of caspases (caspase-3, caspase-8 and caspses-9), upregulation of Bax, cytochrome C(cyt-c), cleaved-PARP and down-regulation of Bcl-2. Moreover, NOX4 siRNA and GKT137831 decreased the expression of p-Akt, p-ERK and p-p65 in SW1353 cells. In an in vivo study, NOX4 shRNA transfected SW1353 have shown impaired growth ability compared to the SW1353 when they were injected into the nude mice. Meanwhile, GKT137831 induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in SW1353 xenograft animals, together with increased expression of Bax, cyt-c, cleaved-PARP, and decreased expression of Bcl-2, p-Akt, p-ERK and p-p65. NOX4 plays a positive role in the development of chondrosarcoma and could serve as a promising target against chondrosarcoma clinically.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"685-692"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10656386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Circular RNA CSPP1 motivates renal cell carcinoma carcinogenesis and the Warburg effect by targeting RAC1 through microRNA-493-5p.","authors":"Dong Zhang,&nbsp;XiaoJie Yang,&nbsp;QiDong Luo,&nbsp;DeLai Fu,&nbsp;HongLiang Li,&nbsp;Peng Zhang,&nbsp;Chong Tie","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6299","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Circular RNAs (circRNAs) take on regulatory roles in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The research's goal was to figure out circ-CSPP1's role and molecular mechanism in RCC. The results clarified that circ-CSPP1 expression was enhanced in RCC. Down-regulating circ-CSPP1 refrained the proliferation, migration, invasion, and Warburg effect (aerobic glycolysis), but accelerated apoptosis of RCC cells. The luciferase activity assay exhibited that circ-CSPP1 could perform as an endogenous sponge for miR-493-5p. Elevating miR-493-5p repressed RCC progression. The bioinformatics website starBase confirmed that ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (RAC1) was a target gene of miR-493-5p. Circ-CSPP1 up-regulated RAC1 by sponging miR-493-5p, and elevating RAC1 could turn around the effect of down-regulating circ-CSPP1 on RCC cells. Taken together, circ-CSPP1 is identified as a novel RCC-promoting RNA that could serve as a latent therapeutic target for RCC therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"693-701"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10656383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of diet modification on body mass and kidney function in patients with diabetic nephropathy: a pilot study.","authors":"Małgorzata Kaczkan,&nbsp;Sylwia Czaja-Stolc,&nbsp;Małgorzata Sikorska-Wiśniewska,&nbsp;Michał Chmielewski,&nbsp;Alicja Dębska-Ślizień,&nbsp;Sylwia Małgorzewicz","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6889","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The increasing trend in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has occurred in parallel with the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes type 2. The relationship between a reduction in body mass and protein intake in diabetic nephropathy (DN) has not been adequately understood. This study aimed to determine whether dietary intervention in an adult with DN is associated with decreasing proteinuria or changes in kidney function over six months.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 120 patients with DN, consecutively admitted to a dietitian from a Kidney Disease Clinic. Patients were classified into two groups: a reduction diet or a normal calorie diet, both with 0.8 g of protein/kg of ideal body weight/day. Anthropometric and laboratory assessments were done before and after observation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After six months, in the study group of patients on a reducing diet, a decrease in body mass, body mass index (BMI) and stabilization of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were observed. There was also a significant correlation between the time of diabetes diagnosis and eGFR and creatinine (R Spearman=-0.24 and 0.3, respectively; p=0.05). There were no other significant associations between body mass, BMI, albuminuria, eGFR, or creatinine.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study shows that obesity is a common comorbid disease in patients with DN and that dietary intervention is associated with a significant reduction in body mass and stabilization of eGFR in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"679-684"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10338520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Osteosarcoma's genetic landscape painted by genes' mutations.","authors":"Wiktoria Urban,&nbsp;Dagmara Krzystańska,&nbsp;Michał Piekarz,&nbsp;Jerzy Nazar,&nbsp;Anna Jankowska","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6869","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Osteosarcoma (OS) is one of the most common primary bone tumors. Direct pathogenesis remains unknown, however, genes' mutations are proven to participate in the process. This study aimed to examine the most frequently mutated genes in OS to appoint candidates for the cancer markers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the COSMIC Catalogue twenty the most frequently mutated genes were selected leading to an up-to-date genetic OS landscape summary. The genes can be classified into four categories: suppressor genes (TP53, RB1, NCOR1, SMAD2, NF1, TSC2, KMT2C), proto-oncogenes (GNAS, BRAF, MLLT3), epigenetic and post-translational modification-related genes (SMARCA4, ARID1A, ATRX, BCOR, H3F3A) and cell growth and survival regulating genes (EGFR, CAMTA1, LRP1B, PDE4DIP, MED12).</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>Their role in cancerogenesis was confirmed by the analysis of available articles published previously. The results of the study indicate that examination of selected genes' mutations might help to identify patients' predisposition to OS development, as well as monitor the disease progression, and establish prognosis. However, to fully understand the pathogenesis of OS further studies are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"671-678"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10633566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An mRNA-based reverse-vaccinology strategy to stimulate the immune response against Nipah virus in humans using fusion glycoproteins.","authors":"Muhammad Naveed,&nbsp;Sarmad Mehmood,&nbsp;Tariq Aziz,&nbsp;Muhammad Hammad Arif,&nbsp;Urooj Ali,&nbsp;Faisal Nouroz,&nbsp;Christos Zacharis,&nbsp;Metab Alharbi,&nbsp;Abdulrahman Alshammari,&nbsp;Abdullah F Alasmari","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6721","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6721","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The zoonotic pathogen, Nipah virus, is considered a potential healthcare threat due to its high mortality rates and detrimental symptoms like encephalitis. Ribavirin, an antiviral drug helps in overcoming the number of casualties and reducing the mortality rate, but no long-lasting solution has been proposed yet putting global health security in jeopardy. Given the cognizance of mRNA-based vaccines as safe and efficacious preventative strategies against pathogens, the current study has utilized the reverse-vaccinology approach coupled with immunoinformatics to propose an mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the Nipah virus. To ensure the effectiveness of the vaccine candidate against all strains of Nipah and associated viruses, three fusion glycoproteins from Nipah and Hendra viruses were selected. A total of 30 potential epitopes, 10 B-cell-, 10 MHC-I-, and 10 MHC-II-specific, were screened for the construct. The finalized epitopes were highly antigenic with scores ranging from 0.75 to 1.7615 at a threshold of 0.4 for viruses and non-homologous to Homo sapiens eradicating any chance of immune tolerance. The construct, with a World population coverage of 97.2%, was structurally stable, thermostable, and hydrophilic with indices of 32.91, 93.62, and -0.002, respectively. The vaccine candidate's tertiary structure was predicted with a TM score of 0.131 and the refined model displayed superlative RAMA improvement (98.2) and MolProbity score (0.975). A quality factor of 93.5421% further validated the structural quality and stability. A prompt and stable immune response was also simulated, and the vaccine candidate was shown to eliminate from the body within the first five days of injection. Immune complexes count of 7000 mg/mL was predicted against the antigen with a small but nonsignificant danger signal, countered by the cytokines. Lastly, strong molecular interactions of the vaccine candidate with TLR-3 (331.09 kcal/mol) and TLR-4 (-333.31 kcal/mol) and molecular dynamics simulation analysis authenticated the immunogenic potential of the vaccine candidate. This vaccine candidate can serve as a foundation for future in-vitro and in-vivo trials to minimize or eradicate the diseases associated with the Nipah virus or the Henipaviral family.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"623-631"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10633565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in children and adolescents.","authors":"Teresa Stachowicz-Stencel,&nbsp;Natalia Pasikowska,&nbsp;Anna Synakiewicz","doi":"10.18388/abp.2020_6955","DOIUrl":"10.18388/abp.2020_6955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pheochromocytoma (PPC) and paraganglioma (PGL) are the tumors that rarely occur in the pediatric population (PPGL). Both originate from chromaffin cells, pheochromocytoma is localized in the adrenal gland, whereas paragangliomas are regarded as the tumors present in other localizations, from head to the pelvis. The clinical image is characterized by the presence of the sustained hypertension, headaches, sweating, palpitations. The symptoms are caused by the catecholamine secretion or are related to tumor mass pressure on different organs. The catecholamines and their metabolites levels in urine collection or plasma are necessary for further evaluation of the diagnosis. In pediatric population the tumors occur in multiple familial syndromes such as Multiple Endocrine type 2, Neurofibromatosis type 1, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Familial Paraganglioma syndrome are related to specific mutations (SDHx, RET, VHL, NF1) leading to the characteristic phenotype. The radiological and nuclear imaging are an important part of the examination. Although CT and MR are reported to have overall good sensitivity for the tumor detection, further analysis with nuclear imaging is recommended for the specified diagnosis. Right now 68GA-DOTATATE is regarded as the tracer of choice, leading to the complex evaluation of patients with different mutations and metastatic disease. The treatment of choice is the tumor excision. Also, lately new therapeutic approaches including genetically targeted therapies are under investigation for more complex treatment of tumors with underlying genetic cause or metastatic disease. Long term follow-up after treatment to avoid recurrence or to detect it in early stadium must be performed.</p>","PeriodicalId":6984,"journal":{"name":"Acta biochimica Polonica","volume":" ","pages":"487-493"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10650954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}